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Latest News
Mosquito sample tests positive for West Nile Virus
Jun 19 - Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed a West Nile Virus positive mosquito sample, the first of the 2019 season, in the City of Colleyville.
Tarrant County Public Health identifies possible measles exposure at DFW Airport
May 23 - Tarrant County Public Health has confirmed that a traveler who passed through DFW Airport on a May 15 connecting flight has tested positive for measles.
TCPH urging parents to get kids vaccinated now and avoid the rush
May 21 - The kids are still in school, but it's not too early to get their immunizations for the next school year...
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Health Director's blog - May 13, 2019
Measles and Mosquitoes
No doubt you've heard news of measles cases springing up locally
and nationally. Did you know that year-round transmission of measles
was declared eliminated in the United States back in 2000? And yet,
these cases have appeared. Regardless of where they came from, we
now know a major factor they have in common is that they happened
AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.
AND DID YOU KNOW: vaccines by
themselves do not kill diseases...
